| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 207 (Jan) |
| Court: | Divisional Court |
| Judge: | Kennedy LJ and Hallett J |
| Representation | Alun Jones QC and Simon Farrell (instructed by Saunders & Co) for the claimant. |
| The defendant did not appear and was not represented. | |
| Clive Nicholls QC and Hugo Keith (instructed by the Solicitor for Customs and Excise) for the Commissioner of Customs and Excise, the interested party. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 25 January 2002 |
Catchwords
Extradition - Habeas corpus - Circumstances in which court may refuse to grant writ of habeas corpus - United Kingdom seeking extradition of claimant - Claimant arrested on provisional warrant - Claimant returning to United Kingdom providing extradition request - Claimant contending offences for which he was extradited not extradition crimes - Whether claimant extradited - United States of America (Extradition) Order 1976, art VIII.
The Case
An application for a writ of habeas corpus made by a claimant, who had been arrested in the United States of America on a provisional warrant which referred to money laundering offences, was dismissed on the ground that the claimant had not been extradited, but had chosen to return to the United Kingdom.
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